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She's a singer of low songs (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

contralto

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'she's a singer of low songs' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'she's a singer of low' is the wordplay.
'she' becomes 'Con'.
'a singer of' becomes 'tr' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'low' becomes 'alto' (similar in meaning).
'con'+'tr'+'alto'='CONTRALTO'

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(Other definitions for contralto that I've seen before include "Lowest female singer" , "deep, for women" , "Lowest range for a woman singer" , "Female voice of the lower register." , "Lowest female singing voice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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